End of day 6 of fast

It's so wonderful to have my peace and joy back, and I'm so thankful that God is gracious enough to give it back to me. It's been 6 days since I finally & truly made up my mind that it's time to surrender to God. My physical and spiritual energy is high and spirit has been renewed. Life is great and it's amazing to feel that God is pleased with me again.

I just finished day 6 of my fresh juice fast and things are looking up. The first 5 days of fasting have been wonderful and I really haven't struggled much. God has definitely been helping me get through. Today was the first day where the temptations came on strong. When I woke up I had that feeling that things were not going to be easy today and that I needed to pray and keep my eyes on God. It's crazy because the messages that I was listening to today by Joyce Meyer dealt with not praying for your temptations to be taken away because we are all going to be tempted, but to pray in advance before you are tempted that God will strengthen you not to give in to the temptation. Also to be aware of when and where you are tempted the most and avoid it as much as possible and plan ahead to prepare yourself so you won't be tempted to sin. After hearing her message, I definitely knew I needed to pray and ask God to help me get through this day because it was not going to be an easy day.

Fasting is so wonderful and it is helping me get in tune with the Holy Spirit. For a while now, I had deadened my spiritual connection with God because of my sin, but it being renewed now and my heart is becoming softer.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
-Galatians 5:1 (NIV)


Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. -Romans 8:1 (NIV)

Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or in danger or threatened with death? (Even the Scriptures say, "For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep." No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away. Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
-Romans 8:35-39 (NLT)